The Sharjah Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) has announced that the number of mosques in the emirate had increased to 2,813 last year –a27 percent rise from the 2,223 places of Islamic worship registered in 2018. The 2,813 registered in the emirate included 1,262 government-run and 1,551 privately run mosques. This indicated a […]

Bee’ah, the Middle East’s award-winning sustainability pioneer, has joined forces with PepsiCo, one of the leading food and beverage companies, to support the company’s commitment to collect and recycle the equivalent of 100% Aquafina plastic packaging produced in the UAE in 2021. The pledge is in line with the UAE’s goal to divert 75% of […]

From maps produced for the kings of Spain and Portugal to a 12th century world map oriented with south at the top and a life-size hand coloured photograph of a 15th century map of the world, the ‘Tales from the East’ exhibition organised by Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) at its headquarters in Sharjah, features a […]